Eugenie gets wild card entry in Bogota as Bouchard will compete in the Colsanitas Cup, which starts on April 5 in Bogota, Colombia.
It will be the former Wimbledon finalist’s first on-court appearance since she crashed out of the 2023 Australian Open qualification stages.
The 29-year-old spoke to the media to express her joy for returning to Colombia this year.
In 2013, the Canadian player competed at three events in the nation, including the Billie Jean King Cup.
Former Wimbledon finalist Eugenie Bouchard couldn’t recover from her injury in time and lost points and accepts that she was out of the 2022 event.
She accepted her withdrawal from the Championships because the lack of world rankings points doesn’t fit with her plans to manage her return from injury.
“I have decided to withdraw from Wimbledon due to the WTA’s decision to not award ranking points at this year’s Championships,” the Canadian said in a social media post.
Bouchard, 28, suffered a shoulder injury on the way to the final at the Guadalajara Open in March of 2021.
The WTA and ATP stripped Wimbledon of world ranking points over the event’s ban on Russian and Belarussian players.
After conservative treatment efforts failed she underwent surgery in June of last year, her ranking plummeting as she was sidelined for months.
“Due to my shoulder surgery, I get a limited number of protected ranking (PR) entries,” Bouchard wrote. Eugenie gets Wild Card Entry In Bogota .
“As much as I love Wimbledon and skipping it makes me sad, using a PR entry at a tournament with no rankings points doesn’t make sense.
“I must choose wisely and use my PR entries at tournaments that will help me get back to where I want to be.”
Bouchard said she still planned to return to action this year, and expected to use PR entries at the US Open and next year’s Australian Open.
Bouchard reached the Wimbledon final in 2014, the same year she reached a career-high No. 5 in the world rankings.
She reached the semi-finals of the Australian and French Opens that year, but her career has since been hindered by injuries.
